I’m very excited that I am going to be spending a week in Denver and Boulder, Colorado, this September to talk about some topics…
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Announcement
Have Mic – Will Podcast.
A fellow Detroit-area CISO, Erik Wille, and I have been talking about doing a podcast together for at least two years now. Long, long…
General
ISSA Denver Talk: Hang Out A Shingle
I’ll start this with the admission that Douglas Brush and I have wanted to do this talk together for a very long time. Circumstances…
Information Security
Thanks to Blockland Solutions
Last week I got to go to Cleveland and speak at the Blockland Solutions conference on their Security Day, which followed two full days…
Information Security
Back to Flickr!
Long ago, in 2004, I joined what was the most amazing community of photographers and people who liked photos: Flickr. In 2005, Yahoo bought…
Information Security
Boxtops for Data Mining?
The longstanding Boxtops for Education program in which everyone and their grandmother cuts the tops off of General Mills products and gives them to…
Information Security
Points and Counterpoints on Security Hiring Challenges
Over the last few weeks, I have had various discussions with colleagues across the information security field, at all stages in their careers. There…
Announcement
Secratic: A Personal Legend
Nearly 25 years ago, I received a present from a lifelong friend. The gift was, first and foremost, an attempt “to get me to…
Leadership
The Power of Contemplation
This week I was in Denver to do some work for Secratic, and to meet with friends and colleagues in Denver and Boulder to…
Information Security
Security Awareness Success
I have finally had the validation that my casual yet persistent security awareness approach actually works and eventually gets into the consciousness (and subconscious)…